Metamo Travel
Episodes
37 episodes
Episode 11: Welcome to Bangui: A bribe, a screwdriver and a crazy Emperor
We pick up where we left off on Greg’s epic journey across the continent of Africa. On this week’s episode, Greg discusses his time in the Central African Republic. He makes his way from Zongo to Bangui across the Ubgangi River (after having to...
Episode 10: Escaping Hotel California to Dance Kwasa Kwasa
Greg continues sharing his stories from his epic adventure across Africa. On this episode, he’s just left Bumba after recovering from malaria. He stays at a Hotel Californiaesque place in Lisala where he hears a knock on the door only to be sur...
Episode 9: An exposé of music, light, healing, and travel with André Ripa (Part 2)
This is the second part of our back-to-back episodes with André Ripa. You can learn more about his transformative work at Spirit Musique, where he merges music and powerful imagery with today’s most...
Episode 8: An exposé of music, light, healing, and travel with André Ripa (Part 1)
André Ripa is our guest on back-to-back episodes. His work with Spirit Musique promotes human transformation through the creation of immersive entertainment experiences that merge uplifting music and pow...
Episode 7: How to make friends with rogue militia in Zaire
Greg Traverso vividly describes his encounters with the military in Zaire. From an intense moment out of nowhere when machine guns are drawn, to a little bent nail serving as the lock on the door of his shack inside a remote military outp...
Episode 6: The Art of negotiating with a 350 pound gorilla
On this week's episode, Greg shares the story of how he and his wife Susan traveled together on their epic overland adventure from Kenya to Zaire through all kinds of hurdles and hoops to see the endangered mountain gorillas. To get there...
Episode 5: Breaking out of the bubble with passion + PB &J - a conversation with Sam Richardson
Sam Richardson wakes up excited about life everyday with a sense of adventure and wonder. Whether it's climbing Kilimanjaro or up the side of a volcano in search of Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda, studying in Ghana, or hiking or biking around his ...
Episode 4: How to lose 50 lbs while canoeing across the Congo
In this episode, Bob Spoerl interviews his co-host Greg Traverso about Greg’s epic expedition across the continent of Africa. Hitchhiking, traveling by matatu, boat, foot, and canoe, Greg makes his way across the breath of Africa from the India...
Episode 3: From the Lion Center to the Epicenter: An interview with Abby Guthmann
On this week's episode, Greg and Bob are joined by Abby Guthmann. Abby is a Ph D. student at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Lion Center Team under Dr. Craig Parker. Abby discusses the fascinating conservation work she does near...
Episode 2: In the Name of Love: From California and Zambia to Nairobi with David & Ronah Saunders
On this week’s episode, Greg and Bob are joined by David and Ronah Saunders who lead the Red Rhino Outreach Project in Kenya. The two met in Kenya and have been a transformational travel duo ever since. They discuss the role travel plays in the...
Episode 1: From the Sierras to Safaris
Join us for the very first installment of Metamo, a podcast about adventure and transformational travel. Metamo provides modern explorers with a more fulfilling way to travel. In this episode, Greg Traverso, founder of Metamo, shares the story ...
Trailer: Metamo, a podcast pushing the boundaries of travel
Welcome to Metamo, a podcast where we explore with you and our guests travel topics that push the boundaries in celebration of the human experience. Co-hosts Greg Traverso -- who has spent more than 20 years organizing African adve...